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Mercury NewsMay 22, 2008California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George talks about how the California Constitution dictated the decision he wrote to uphold the freedom to marry and as a result, it was right for the court to address this issue. (Link)

New York TimesMay 18, 2008Kim Severson asks why bother adding another piece of paper to the file, especially with talk of a referendum in California to overturn the court decision? It’s a patchwork application, Evan Wolfson responds, but it is the best we have. “Getting married in California doesn’t solve your day-to-day problems but that’s what civil rights looks like,” he said. (Link)

New York TimesMay 21, 2008When asking McCain’s stance on marriage equality, Ellen explains, “We are all the same people, all of us. You're no different than I am. Our love is the same. 'When someone says, 'You can have a contract, and you'll still have insurance, and you'll get all that,' it sounds to me like saying, 'Well, you can sit there, you just can't sit there.'” (Link)

Washington Post: On Faith BlogMay 21, 2008Sally Quinn, moderator of On Faith, writes in favor of equality and fairness in marriage: “Homosexual couples are simply two people who love each other…Please explain to me why it is not better for society that two people who love each other cement their relationship in a legal union.” (Link)

Mercury NewsMay 22, 2008Loving and committed couples who will marry in California next month are likely to have been together for long periods of time, be raising children, and be from diverse ethnicities, according to census data. (Link)

AdvocateMay 22, 2008The Human Rights Campaign has pledged $500,000 to Equality for All to protect the California court ruling that upheld the freedom to marry from being overturned by an anti-gay constitutional amendment in November. (Link)

Washington PostMay 21, 2008Columnist Harold Meyerson writes that the California Supreme Court decision, which was based on the fact that "all men are created equal," is part of the "essential definition of America." (Link)

USA TodayMay 22, 2008Evan Wolfson writes, "Last week, the highest court in our nation's biggest state got it right: Excluding loving committed couples from marriage harms them and their families and helps no one. Exclusion also violates the constitution's command of equality for all. American values of fairness and inclusion really do matter and apply to gay and non-gay people alike." (Link)

The News & ObserverMay 20, 2008Steven Petrow, past president of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, writes "For so many of us who have known that sexual orientation has no bearing on our ability to have -- or not have -- loving partnerships and families, it's one thing for it to be self-evident and quite another to read it in a Supreme Court opinion from the nation's most populous state." (Link)